[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22773]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal God, who reads our hearts and knows our motives, You are the 
source of our being and the goal of our striving, hallowed be Your 
Name. Inspire our Senators to keep within the grasp of Your firm hands 
the threads of this day's words and deeds. May they seek Your will 
throughout this day and permit You to transfigure and redeem even their 
disappointments and setbacks. As they face perplexing issues of state, 
may the strength of each be as the strength of 10 because of pure 
motives. May all that our lawmakers do and are today be so obviously an 
expression of Your truth that they can be confident of receiving the 
smile of Your approval.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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